Ignoring the whispers of the crowd, Madam Chu looked at Mu Rou'er and said calmly:

"How could I blame you? Since Aunt Mu is here, please sit down and eat!"

"No rush! This is a little gift for Wanwan."

As she spoke, Mu Rou'er took out a delicate little box from her bosom and handed it over, "What's inside is a little gadget that Mo Shi made herself when she was six years old, called a Rubik's Cube."

Don't underestimate this thing just because it's worthless; it's incredibly ingenious and fun.

To be honest, even now I can't play this game very well; it's a real brain workout!

"Oh? It's that amazing?"

Mrs. Chu accepted the gift with a smile. She opened the box and found a strange little thing inside.

This thing is made of wood, square, with six sides, each a different color, and each side is composed of nine small squares. Chu Shi couldn't see what was so interesting about it.

How do you play this thing?

The Chu family was puzzled.

Madam Chu knew that Mu Rou'er's purpose in giving Wanwan this gift was simply to show off how skillful her daughter had been as a child. But after looking at it for a long time, she didn't find anything particularly remarkable about it.

"Mo Shi, demonstrate for everyone!"

Mu Rou'er looked at her daughter with a proud expression.

"Yes, Auntie!"

Upon hearing this, Sheng Moshi smiled slightly and looked at Madam Chu, "Mother, could you please scramble the Rubik's Cube?"

Chu didn't understand why, but still followed instructions and scrambled the Rubik's Cube.

After seeing that Madam Chu had scrambled the order as she had instructed, Sheng Moshi bowed to Madam Chu.

"Thank you, Mother!"

She then took the Rubik's Cube from Chu and began to demonstrate it.

With just a few casual movements, Sheng Moshi restored the Rubik's Cube to its original state.

The crowd was somewhat disappointed. The magistrate's daughter was indeed the magistrate's daughter; she was shallow in her knowledge. Could such a thing be called exquisite? Could it be given as a gift?

Seeing everyone's expressions, Sheng Moshi naturally knew what they were thinking. She smiled, her voice clear and melodious.

"This thing looks simple, but it's actually quite difficult to play! Does anyone want to give it a try?"

"Oh? Is this thing difficult? I don't think so! How about this, I'll give it a try!"

Chu Xinyuan was eager to try. She stepped forward and gave Sheng Moshi a provocative smile.

What's so difficult about this?

To actually pull out something like this to show off your intelligence, do you really think everyone else is stupid?

Sheng Moshi smiled and handed the Rubik's Cube to Chu Xinyuan.

"Okay! Then I'll give it a try!"

Chu Xinyuan took the Rubik's Cube and began to fidget with it casually.

At first, she thought this little thing was incredibly simple, and that she could probably fix it with just a few twists.

But as time went on, she realized that the Rubik's Cube was not as simple as it seemed.

She painstakingly pieced together one side of the face, but when she tried to piece together the second side, the face she had finally managed to piece together was disrupted again.

Chu Xinyuan wasn't a very patient person to begin with, and seeing that she couldn't figure out how to fix it, she simply gave up.

Anyway, everyone knows she's a good-for-nothing who only knows how to wield knives and sticks, so there's nothing shameful about not being able to spell it out.

"Oh dear! Chu Xinyuan, everyone says you're a good-for-nothing. It's one thing if you're bad at poetry and songs, but how come you can't even handle a child's toy?"

The speaker was the eldest daughter of the Minister of Personnel, named Gao Yueju. She was the same age as Chu Xinyuan, and they had never gotten along since childhood.

Every time they met at a banquet, they would try to find ways to make trouble for Chu Xinyuan. Now that they saw that Chu Xinyuan couldn't even handle a child's toy, they were bound to step in and kick her while she was down.

"If you're so capable, then you do it!"

Chu Xinyuan didn't argue with her. After handing the Rubik's Cube to Gao Yueju, she sat aside and watched the fun.

She dared not speak for anything else, but in terms of intelligence alone, Gao Yueju and she were about the same.

She refused to believe it; she thought Gao Yueju could do it, but she couldn't.

"Let's do it!" Gao Yueju confidently took the Rubik's Cube and began to work on it.

The time it takes for an incense stick to burn has passed, and only one noodle has been pieced together.

"Gao Yueju, you should just give up! We're about the same intelligence level, so where do you get the confidence to think you're smarter than me?"

Seeing that Gao Yueju was still turning the Rubik's Cube, Chu Xinyuan couldn't help but sneer!

"Hmph! At least I have more perseverance than you! Unlike you, you give up at the first sign of difficulty!"

Gao Yueju was unconvinced.

"I know my own limitations, unlike you, who are arrogant and conceited! No matter how hard you try or how much you don't give up on something that's impossible, it's just a waste of time!"

Chu Xinyuan retorted without hesitation.

"snort!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Yueju angrily threw the Rubik's Cube on the table and glared at Chu Xinyuan, sulking.

She just couldn't stand Chu Xinyuan, but every time she faced her, she always ended up getting the short end of the stick.

It's just a child's toy, how come she can't handle it?

Could it be that I really am just like Chu Xinyuan, a clueless idiot with questionable intelligence?

No!

She's not a fool; she's much better than Chu Xinyuan.

Gao Yueju clutched the handkerchief in her hand, trying to mentally prepare herself...

Afterwards, the Rubik's Cube was challenged by several learned ladies, and without exception, they all failed.

The character that was pieced together the most was six-year-old Chu Lanting, who had four sides pieced together in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Everyone was then surprised to realize that this little Rubik's Cube was actually quite difficult to solve.

"The eldest daughter of the Sheng family is indeed worthy of her reputation. At such a young age, she has managed to figure out such a mysterious thing!"

We can't even assemble this properly, yet the young lady managed to invent and manufacture it. I'm impressed! Truly impressed!

"Yes! I initially thought it was just a little gadget made by children, but after playing with it, I realized that only those with exceptional intelligence can play with this! Miss Sheng is so clever at such a young age; it truly makes me look at her in a new light!"

"Miss Sheng, I've heard that your poetry is also exceptional! After dinner, could we go to the garden to enjoy the scenery, compose poems, and paint, so that we can witness Miss Sheng's great talent?"

"..."

Seeing that Sheng Moshi was gaining popularity, many young ladies who wanted to get along with her surrounded her, hoping to take the opportunity to get close to her.

"Great! I'm free today anyway, so I'll keep you ladies company for some fun later!"

Sheng Moshi smiled slightly, exuding a gentle and dignified air.

"good!"

Upon hearing this, everyone beamed with joy.

Chu Shi paid no attention to the commotion around her and sat quietly at the table eating her meal.

Sheng Wanwan ate her pork and vegetable porridge while inwardly complaining.

[No wonder they transmigrated from the 21st century! They're using the same old tricks, showing off with things that exist in modern times but not in ancient times.]

[This thing? Back when I was three, I could put it together eight times in a minute. Pfft! What's so great about it?]

[They even wrote poems and essays! Copying Tang and Song dynasty poems verbatim—do you know plagiarism is shameful?]

[Sigh! I thought the transmigrated female lead would be all that awesome? This... I can't even be bothered to slap her in the face!]

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